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W. G. MQGUIRH.

WHEELBARROW.

UNITED STATES PATENT @FFIQE.

WVILLTAM G. MCGUIRE, OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

WHEELBARROW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366.33%, dated July 12,1887.

Application filed March 24, 1887. Serial No. 232,228. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM G. lVIOGUIRE, of Charleston, in the countyof Gharlestonand State of South Carolina, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in WVheelbarrows; and the following is declared to be adescription of the same.

In wheelbarrows of wood, as usually constrncted, there is considerableside strain in carrying and dumping a load,which tends to work loosethejoints of the wooden frame and strain the barrow out of shape.

My invention is designed to obviate the above-named difficulty; and thesame consists in the wooden handles or side bars of the wheelbarrowhaving forward ends bent to about a quarter-circle, and which ends arereceived within flanged tubes of metal which form a bearing or axleforthe hub of the wheel to revolve upon, and also in the support or legs ofthe barrow, consisting of a bent piece of wood bolted to the handles orside bars and body, and having braces to the handles. I also provide acrosspiece connecting the han- V dies or side bars forward of the bodyof barrow, and braces connecting the forward portion of the side barswith the body of the barrow.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the wheelbarrow. Fig. 2is an end view of the same; and Fig. 3 is an inverted plan of thewheelbarrow, the wheel and its axle being in section.

The body or scoop of the wheelbarrow is shown as made of three pieces ofwood, a I) c, in the usual manner. The handle or side bars, (Z d, aremade round at the ends to be grasped by the hands, and the forward endsare bent into about a quarter-circle toward each other, and the extremeends are rounded and are received into the flanged metal tubes 0 e,which tubes form an axle receiving the hub f of the wheelbarrow-wheel g,and said wheel revolves upon said tubes. These tubes 6 e are ofdifferent lengths, the longer one, 6, fitting the rounded extreme end ofthe side bar (1, and projecting beyond the end to form a socket toreceive part of the rounded ex treme end of the side bar at. Theserounded extreme ends of the side bars are firmly driven and wedged intothe tubes 0 6, so that saidtubes will not revolve. The cross-piece h isbolted at or near its ends to the side bars, dd, and serves to holdtheir rounded ends rigidly together.

The supports or legs of the wheelbarrow consist of a piece of wood, 2',bent into a U shape, as shown in Fig. 2, and the same is bolted to thehandles or side bars, d d, by bolts and the upper ends of the sameextend above the handles and are fastened to the body of thewheelbarrow, and the lower central portion is straight to rest upon theground, and there are rounded corners between the lower central portionand the up right side portions, and there are braces k is extending fromthe under side of the bars d d to the lower portion of the supportz' tostrengthen and stiffen the parts.

, The pieces of bent wood a b c, forming the body or scoop of thebarrow, are held together in part by the metal straps an m, se-

cured upon their under sides, and the piece a is inclined and bolted tothe beveled upper ends of the support i, the piece 6 is bolted to theside bars, (I d, and the inclined forward piece, 0, is bolted to thecrosspiece h, and there are braces a, connecting the upper portion ofthe piece 0 with the forward portions of the side bars, (1 cl.

The support i, of bent wood, assists in making the frame-work of thewheelbarrow very stiff and rigid, and the bent corners of said supportmake it possible to tip the barrow very easily over sidewise in dumpingits coir tents.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, with the body of thewheelbarrow, of the handles or sidebars, d d, having quarter-circlebends at their forward ends, and the metal tubes 6 6, into which saidends enter, the cross-piece h, and wheel 9, having a hub, f, surroundingthe tubes 0 c, the bent U-shaped support i, and braces 11 and 7csubstantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a wheelbarrow,with the side bars, d (1, havingquarter-circle bends at their forward ends, of the flanged metal tubes 06, into which the extreme rounded ends of the bars d d are received, andwheel 9, having a hub, f, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with the body, side bars, and wheel, ofasnpportconsisting of a single bent piece of wood, 2', the upper ends ofwhich extend above the handles, and are fastened to circle bends, andmeet Within the bearing or lo the same and to the body, the lowercentral axle of the wheel 9, substantially'as specified. portion beingfiat to rest upon the ground and Signed by me this 14th day of March, A.D. having rounded corners, substantially as set E 1887.

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4. The combinati0n,with the body, wheel 9 and its bearing, andcross-piece h, of the bent Vitnesses: support i, and the side oars, d d,the for- H. WV. KRIETE, ward ends of which side bars have quarter- J. J.MILES.

WM. G. MCGUIRE.

